Unit5 I The Company Man文档.pptVIP

Lead-in Pre-reading Questions (Discussion) What do you think is the life of a typical workaholic like? How important do you think work is to a person? * Structural Analysis How many parts of the text? What is the general idea of each part? * Three Parts * Part 1 (Paragraph 1-6): Introductory part. This part reports the sudden death of Phil and his devotion to work. * Part 2 (Paragraph 7-13): Phil’s role in family, his relationship with his wife and his children is described. * Part 3 (Paragraph 14-16) The funeral. The writer restates the cause of Phil’s death, and the president’s tendency in his choice of a successor to Phil. * Text Analysis * Part 1 Paragraph 1-6. Questions to think about: What can you learn from the first paragraph? He worked himself to death, finally and precisely, at 3:00 a.m. Sunday morning. What are the functions of the two adverbs “finally and precisely” in this sentence? * The 1st sentence provides information concerning “who”, “what”, “how” and “when”. “Finally” suggests the tragic ending of Phil. “Precisely” highlights the exact time of Phil’s death, thus stressing his devotion to work. * Language points in Part 1 precise a. precisely ad. precision n. coronary conceivably executive * precise a. precisely ad. precision n. 1. precise information, details etc are exact, clear, and correct [synonym: exact] ~ sales figures It was difficult to get ~ information. Shes a lot older than you, isnt she? Fifteen years, to be ~.’ * 2. [only before n.] used to emphasize that you are referring to an exact thing. [synonym: exact] At that ~ moment, her husband walked in. The ~ cause of the disease is unknown. the ~ location of the ship; the ~ nature of their agreement someone who is precise is very careful about small details or about the way they behave a ~, careful woman with ~ movements of